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With the UCFB Sports Entrepreneur Competition set to return for a fifth consecutive year, we thought we’d highlight some of the previous winners and see how their businesses are getting on.

Alfie Crickmar, who studies BA (Hons) Sports Business & Coaching at UCFB Wembley, set up the app VT Coach to provide a learning resource for primary school teachers who teach physical education as part of their in the area…

How has winning the cash prize helped you to progress your business...

With the UCFB Sports Entrepreneur Competition set to return for a fifth consecutive year, we thought we’d highlight some of the previous winners and see how their businesses are getting on.

Yoel Levy, who studies BA (Hons) Football Business & Finance at UCFB Wembley, set up Amazing Achievers, a business which aims to encourage youngsters to participate in sport by giving their parents and coaches the ability to present interactive trophies for achievements and participation…

With the UCFB Sports Entrepreneur Competition set to return for a fifth consecutive year, we thought we’d highlight some of the previous winners and see how their businesses are getting on. First up, 2018 winners Brandon Smith and Richard Buckley…

Brandon and Richard are two ambitious media students at UCFB. They’re also the recognisable voice to millions of FIFA players across the globe. Since winning an EA Sports commentary competition in 2017, the pair have been flying around the world to commentate...

UCFB is delighted to announce that former England and Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Jermaine Jenas will be speaking at the UCFB Future Leaders in Football and Sport Conference at St George’s Park in February.

Jenas, who is now a regular pundit on BT Sport and BBC Match of the Day, will speak to students about his playing career, which also saw him represent Newcastle United and Queens Park Rangers, and his move into the media.

Located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia, Brunei has a longstanding football heritage with the national team joining FIFA in 1969. The country boasts two exciting professional leagues with the Brunei Super League and the Brunei Premier League being enjoyed by fans. UCFB Wembley students Brad Smith and Bentley Rounding, who both study BA (Hons) International Football Business, are spending January working for the National Football Association of Brunei Darussalam (NFABD) as part of a unique work experience opportunity. Here, Brad describes the...

With the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup taking place in France this summer, and The Football Association’s Gameplan for Growth strategy aiming to double the number of women and girls taking part in football by 2020, this year promises to be a landmark for women in sport. We spoke with Jawahir Roble, BA (Hons) Football Coaching & Management student at UCFB Wembley, about the progress being made and the importance of empowering women and girls through football.

Football is a game of passion and expectation, something that former Glasgow Rangers manager Mark Warburton knows a lot about having managed at the top level since 2013.

Warburton, whose former clubs also include Brentford and Nottingham Forest, explained during a recent interview with UCFB how head coaches have to appreciate the expectation of fans and the pressures that are on their shoulders when taking on a job.

The operational and management side of stadiums is becoming increasingly important as more and more events take place inside our mega-arenas. From security to technology, and from fan engagement to accessibility, stadiums in the 21st century are more advanced than ever. We sat down with UCFB’s Jarno Stegeman, a specialist in event management and safety, to discuss all of this and more…

How have mega stadiums like Wembley changed the game for big event management, whether sport, music or otherwise?

After starting his working life as an accounting graduate working in the construction trade, MSc Sports Management student Conor Walsh found UCFB to begin his career in the sports industry. Here, Conor tells us about his time living in the US, what he enjoys about UCFB and his excitement at upcoming trips to Qatar and Iceland as part of his Masters programme…

Good to meet you Conor. Tell us a bit about yourself and your journey to becoming a student at...

A selection of the UK’s leading football and sports business ambassadors will come together at England’s St George’s Park headquarters for the second edition of the UCFB Future Leaders in Football and Sport Conference, to be held on Thursday 14th February.

Open to all Year Three and Masters students, the conference will bring together some of the UK’s main figureheads from the football industry to inspire students and explore solutions in sports business.